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Cina USA Spagna Malta
Ministries remain silent while Sai Mizzi pockets €558,000
Sai Mizzi Liang would have earned €558,000 by the time her contract officially expires following the six months extension granted to her by the Ministry of the Economy, Investment and Small Business, The Malta Independent can report. This comes after a spokesperson for Malta Enterprise confirmed that Mrs Mizzi will ...
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Spagna
European Federation of Journalists submits Daphne Caruana Galizia case to Council of Europe
The European Federation of Journalists has reported Daphne Caruana Galizia's case to the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism. The EFJ is the European regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists. It is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing about 320,000 journalists in 71 journalists' ...
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Malta
Nine Malian migrants still detained without charge, campaign launched on Feast of St Paul
The Solidarity with Migrants group has launched a campaign, ‘Free the Nine’, calling on the competent authorities to release the nine Malian migrants who have been incarcerated for almost three months, even though their incarceration was not sentenced by a law-court and they have committed no crime. The Solidarity with ...
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Malta
Obesity costing Europe €70 billion every year – MEP Alfred Sant
At present in Europe, obesity is estimated to cost €70 billion annually in health care and lost productivity. The total real burden is likely to be higher, as obesity causes many other diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Addressing a seminar at the European Parliament on ...
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Taiwan Malta
PA to embark on a €7 million project to transport Malta’s spatial data infrastructure
Malta will soon embark on a €7 million project which will seek to develop and implement a national spatial data infrastructure which will bring Malta to the forefront of geo-spatial technology. The project which is being spearheaded by the Planning Authority will see Malta replace its basemap and produce one ...
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Messico Spagna Malta
Busuttil pledges to 'remove all gags on freedom of expression', Casa takes case to the EU
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil pledged this morning that the Nationalist Party would remove “will remove all gags on free expression, such as criminal libel and garnishee orders against journalists.”Dr Busuttil’s tweet comes a day after precautionary warrants to the tune of €47,000 were issued by the courts against Daphne Caruana ...
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Spagna
La Liga lack of drug tests worries WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency expressed “alarm” on Friday after it emerged no binding drug testing has taken place in football by Spanish anti-doping authorities for nearly a year. Spanish anti-doping agency AEPSAD has been declared non-compliant with the WADA code since March 2016. A delay in updating Spain’s anti-doping law ...
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Nigeria
Gunmen attack Kogi police station, kill two policemen, detainee
Some gunmen in the early hours of Friday, attacked a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi, killing two policemen and a detainee. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the bandits invaded the police station at about 1am and immediately opened fire on the ...
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Nigeria
Mechanic kills sales boy for scratching customer’s car
Samson Folarin The police in Lagos State have launched a manhunt for a mechanic, Fatai Bashiru, for allegedly killing a sales boy, Shedrach Emenike, aka Chiboy, in the Papa Ajao, Mushin area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Bashiru stabbed the 23-year-old in the armpit and other parts of ...
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Nigeria
Buhari is Nigeria’s strongest brand – Onyeama
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, says that President Muhammadu Buhari is the ‘strongest brand’ the country currently has to improve on its credibility. Onyeama made this known when he addressed newsmen in Eke, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Thursday. According to him, the credibility ...